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AltPress Exclusive: Enter Shikari detail new album, touring plans

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 6/8/09 @ 7:00 AM - altpress.com

Dang-near unclassifiable British techno/punk/trance/screamo outfit Enter Shikari have filled us in on the specifics about their immediate future. The group will release their upcoming full-length, Common Dreads, on June 16 through Ambush Reality in partnership with DGC/Interscope. The album--produced by Andy Gray (U2, Korn) is the follow-up to the band's 2007 release, Take To The Skies. A press release on behalf of the band says that the album will touch upon hot-button topics like economic recession, state control and accelerated capitalism. Frontman Rou Reynolds says:

"Politics are unavoidable. We just can't write sappy music. Our first album was cryptic and metaphor-heavy, this one is more direct. Since we gained popularity, we realized, whether we like it or not, we have the ability to influence people--and with that is a responsibility to speak our minds."

The complete tracklisting for Common Dreads:
1) Common Dreads
2) Solidarity
3) Step Up
4) Juggernauts
5) Wall
6) Zzzonked
7) Havoc A
8) No Sleep Tonight
9) Gap In The Fence
10) Havoc B
11) Antwerpen
12) The Jester
13) Halcyon
14) Hectic
15) Fanfare For The Conscious Man
16) All Eyes On The Saint (* iTunes exclusive track)
17) Enter Shikari-Live version (*Bonus track available only via digital merch store link)

The band's summer touring plans are as follows:

Fri 6/5 Nurburgring, GER - Rock AM Ring Festival
Sat 6/6 Nurnberg, GER - Rock IM Park Festival
Sun 6/28 Glastonbury, ENG - Glastonbury Festival
Headlining U.S. Tour:
Thu 7/2 New York, NY - Blender Theatre at Gramercy
Fri 7/3 Poughkeepsie, NY - The Loft
Sun 7/5 Providence, RI - Club Hell
Mon 7/6 Albany, NY - Valentines
Tue 7/7 S. Hackensack, NJ - School of Rock
Wed 7/8 Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock

U.S. tour with August Burns Red, Blessthefall, I Wrestled A Bear Once:
Fri 7/10 Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
Sat 7/11 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
Sun 7/12 Buffalo, NY - The Town Ballroom
Mon 7/13 Akron, OH - Musica
Tue 7/14 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
Wed 7/15 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
Thu 7/16 Madison, WI - The Loft
Sat 7/18 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
Tue 7/21 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
Wed 7/22 Los Angeles, CA - Key Club
Thu 7/23 San Diego, CA - Soma
Fri 7/24 Pomona, CA - The Glass House
Sat 7/25 Pomona, CA - The Glass House
Sun 7/26 Scottsdale, AZ - Venue of Scottsdale
Mon 7/27 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
Wed 7/29 Dallas, TX - The Max

Festivals:
Fri 8/7 Osaka, JAPAN - Summersonic
Sun 8/9 Tokyo, JAPAN - Summersonic
Fri 8/14 Saarland, Germany - Rocko Del Schlako Fest
Sat 8/15 Horb Am Neckar, Germany - Mini Rock Festival
Wed 8/19 Nyírbátor, Hungary - Azfeszt Festival
Thur 8/20 St. Pölten, Austria - Frequency Festival
Fri 8/21 Trutnov, Czech Republic - Trutnov Festival
Sat 8/22 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
Sun 8/23 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
Fri 8/28 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
Sat 8/29 Reading, England - Reading Festival